Category: Run Iceland 2018

In June 2018 I headed to Iceland with the hope of running across the country. Alongside three other people I was to fly to the east of the country and run around 500 miles to the west. Ultimately, due to a teammate falling ill, our trip was not completed. In the six days we were…

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Failure – there is no good in this word. It is filled with disappointment. We may have escaped the dust and grit of the lava desert but I have struggled to brush it off and move forward. When we set out to run across Iceland in June 2018 I was prepared for hardship and pain…

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In June 2018 I headed to Iceland with the hope of running across the country. Alongside three other people I was to fly to the east of the country and run around 500 miles to the west. Ultimately, due to a teammate falling ill, our trip was not completed. In the six days we were…

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Deep breaths, it’s time to go! In a couple of days we fly out to Iceland to set out on a run across the country from east to west. Is it worrying I still have to say ‘never eat shredded wheat’ in my head to ensure I get our direction of travel right?! If you…

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As I sit with a sheet of food calorie and weight calculations before me and a thousand considerations running through my head, the fact we are heading off to run across Iceland in just one week crystallises into reality. Last December, when I first agreed to join this expedition, June seemed forever away. Since then not…

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Three years ago I was at the top of the Drolma La Pass on the Mount Kailash Kora in Tibet. At 5660m it was the high point, in more ways than one, of an amazing trip with great friends. In three weeks time I will be on a new adventure; running across Iceland. Hiking the Mount…

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A running injury this week has slowed me down and given me time to reflect. Was the injury just bad luck and an inevitable result of heavy training or do I just feel lucky that I generally have the health and freedom to get outside at all? We can’t control everything that goes on in…

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I have never taken on a challenge like this before. Each day that Run Iceland 2018 gets closer this becomes more apparent. Some days I feel I’m on top of this and on others worries race through my brain. Run Iceland 2018 To bring you all up to speed…after a couple of mulled wines at…